The calendar would make it much harder, we would need a much deeper squad.... for example, we don’t have a second left back...

That's a complete non-issue for me - the calendar would make it far easier for us to attract quality support (more quality match time for more players), so in this hypothetical simply playing in the EPL would fix that problem.

That's a complete non-issue for me - the calendar would make it far easier for us to attract quality support (more quality match time for more players), so in this hypothetical simply playing in the EPL would fix that problem.

If Bayern were in the EPL and actually competing with those teams, we wouldn’t have a depth issue. Those teams only have that depth because of their league. If the discrepancy disappears simply by playing in the same league, then it might as well not exist from my perspective. You’re right to note it but it’s not a meaningful difference. It’s like arguing that they have an advantage because they’re English speakers...well so too would Bayern be if it were an English club.

Shit. That throws the spanner into the works for us. I wonder if that small club will be willing to sell now that they're banned. Hopefully they can appeal to postpone the ban so they can get a few players in and sell to us.